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A figure bounded by three lines, and containing three
angles. |
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An instrument of percussion, usually made of a rod of
steel, bent into the form of a triangle, open at one angle, and sounded
by being struck with a small metallic rod. |
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A draughtsman's square in the form of a right-angled
triangle. |
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A kind of frame formed of three poles stuck in the ground
and united at the top, to which soldiers were bound when undergoing
corporal punishment, -- now disused. |
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A small constellation situated between Aries and
Andromeda. |
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A small constellation near the South Pole, containing
three bright stars. |